Writing for Magazines

In this course, we will use The New Yorker, Harper's,TheNew York TimesMagazine, and other periodicals to study narrative techniques of reporters, essayists, critics, cartoonists, poets, and fiction writers. Students will practice writing for a mass market, experimenting with a variety of styles and topics. Conferences will focus on submitting work for publication. Hard copies (no digital versions) of TheNew Yorker, Harper's, and the Sunday issue of TheNew York Times are required texts for the class.